Andy Briggs

British author and screenwriter (born 1972)

  • Hero.com
  • Villain.net
RelativesPeter Briggs (brother)Websiteandybriggs.co.uk

Andrew Briggs (born 27 September 1972 in Liverpool, England)[1] is a British author and screenwriter. He wrote the Hero.com series and the Villain.net young adult novels, which are due to be developed into a television series.[citation needed]

Briggs career began as an uncredited writer working on story development for Highlander: The Series in 1991. Since then he has worked alone and with his brother Peter Briggs on a number of projects, including the Stan Lee and Robert Evans Paramount Pictures project Foreverman. More recent television work has included story development for the Sci-Fi Channel, BKN Kids and Disney XD.

In the mid-2000s he did some writing for comics,[2] and began to develop his Hero.com/Villain.net series of young adult novels.[3] This led to a new series of young adult Tarzan novels.[4]

Briggs has acknowledged Gordon Boshell's "Captain Cobwebb" books as an early influence.[5] He would often go to places to experience how it feels.

Credits

TV & film[6]

  • Passage of the Four (aka Screaming Night) (2002 film): writer
  • Rise of the Gargoyles (2009 TV film): writer
  • Ghost Town (2009 TV film): writer
  • Dark Relic (2010 TV film): writer
  • Blake: Double Identity (2011 TV Series): head writer
  • The Philadelphia Experiment (2012 TV film): writer
  • Legendary (2013): writer and executive producer
  • Kong: King of the Apes (2016 TV Series): writer (season 1 episode 8: "Bionic Arms Race")
  • Crowhurst (2017 feature film): writer
  • Redcon-1 (2018 feature film): special thanks
  • Supervized (2019 feature film): writer
  • The Bastard King (2020 film): narrator
  • A Conspiracy Classic - The Making of the Philadelphia Experiment (2020 documentary): himself
  • King of Shadows (2021 film): writer
  • Shanghai Concession (Upcoming film): writer

Comics

  • Kong: King of Skull Island (2007–2008) ISBN 978-1-905692-34-7
  • Ritual (2009) ISBN 978-1-905692-33-0
  • DinoCorps (2012) ISBN 978-1905692804
  • Ritual 2: The Resurrection (2015) ISBN 978-1909276536
  • Madison Dark (2018) ISBN 978-1912700233
  • MEAT (2018) ISBN 978-1912700257
  • Cold War (2019) ISBN 978-1912700271

Novels

  • Hero.com
    • Rise of the Heroes (June 2008)
    • Virus Attack (October 2008)
    • Crisis Point (July 2009)
    • Chaos Effect (March 2010)
  • Villain.net
    • Council of Evil (June 2008)
    • Dark Hunter (October 2008)
    • Power Surge (July 2009)
    • Collision course (March 2010)
  • Tarzan:
    • The Greystoke Legacy (June 2011) ISBN 978-0-571-27238-9
    • The Jungle Warrior (July 2012) ISBN 978-0-571-27353-9
    • The Savage Lands (February 2013) ISBN 978-0-571-27353-9
  • Edge:
    • Warrior Number One (November 2011) ISBN 978-1-4451-0707-3
  • Project X:
    • Reign of the Practari (April 2015) ISBN 978-0-19-831045-7
    • Steam Pirates (April 2015) ISBN 978-0-19-831046-4
  • How to be an International Spy: Your Training Manual, Should You Choose to Accept it (September 2015) ISBN 978-1743607725
  • Spy Quest - Polybius: The Urban Legend (November 2015) ISBN 978-0993283109
  • CTRL+S (November 2019) ISBN 978-1409184652
  • Marlow (November 2020) ISBN 979-8555934215
  • The Majestic Files:
    • Epicenter (December 2020) ISBN 979-8699480371
    • Chem (March 2021) ISBN 979-8715274915
    • Phantom Land (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846132702
    • Point Nemo (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846130869
  • Drone Racer (August 2022) ISBN 979-8843786168
  • The Inventory:
    • Iron Fist (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846115996
    • Gravity (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846119109
    • Black Knight (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846122642
    • Winter Storm (August 2022) ISBN 979-8846125179
  • Terror Tales of the West Country[a] (October 2022) ISBN 978-1845832087
  • Monsterville (October 2023) ISBN 978-1915860729
  • Trigger Effect (April 2025)[1]

As M.G. Cole

  • DCI Garrick:
    • Slaughter of Innocents (March 2021) ISBN 979-8727355893
    • Murder is Skin Deep (April 2021) ISBN 979-8732789065
    • The Dead Will Talk (May 2021) ISBN 979-8511387291
    • Dead Man's Game (October 2021) ISBN 979-8490635215
    • Cleansing Fires (July 2022) ISBN 979-8842228447
    • The Dead Don't Pay (December 2022) ISBN 979-8371371881
    • A Murder of Lies (August 2023) ISBN 979-8857146422
    • Siren's Call (August 2024) ISBN 979-8336293326
    • A Degree of Murder (August 2025)[2]

Picture books

  • Tinch (May 2022) ISBN 978-1914926921
  • Monster Knights (September 2022) ISBN 978-1915387417

Notes

  1. ^ He only wrote one of the short stories.

References

  1. ^ "Home". andybriggs.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Southport.TV". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  3. ^ Southport Reporter
  4. ^ Guardian.Co.UK
  5. ^ http://www.oup.com/oxed/children/authors/briggsa/ , Author biography on Oxford University Press website, Retrieved 30 March 2012
  6. ^ "Andy Briggs | Writer, Producer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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